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Workup for First Time Seizure

#Diagnosis #Workup #Seizure #FirstTime #NewOnset #ALiEM
for First Time Seizure ... Diagnosis #Workup #Seizure ... #FirstTime #NewOnset
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
Generalized Seizures ... Generalized seizures ... either a partial seizure ... caused by a toxic ... and metabolic causes
Recommended 1st-line Treatments for HIV

based on the guidelines by @AIDSinfo

 - Infographic by IDagram
@ID_agram

#HIV #Treatments #Medications
Medications #Therapy #Firstline ... #Table #Contradindications
The rationale for aggressive treatment of generalized status epilepticus was described previously here.  In short,
rely upon rapid seizure ... The longer the seizure ... epilepticus which may cause ... epilepticus may cause ... Epilepticus #Refractory #Seizures
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
cardiac arrhythmias, seizures ... failure, pneumonia & seizures ... cause quadriplegia ... within GI and URT causes ... Maternal viremia causes
Update on the ED Management of Intracranial Hemorrhage: Not All Head Bleeds Are the Same -
Summary Table on ... #NSG #Summary #Table ... BloodPressure #Goals #Seizure
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Eclampsia, Prophyria #Seizures ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Do you start Anti-Epileptic Drugs (AEDs) on a first time seizure?

SHINE Mnemonic:
 • first seizure occurred
on a first time seizure ... Mnemonic: • first seizure ... Remote Symptomatic Cause ... Remote Symptomatic Cause ... #FirstTime #Initiation
AEIOU TIPS - Mnemonic for Causes of Altered Mental Status
A - Alcohol, Acidosis, Ammonia, Arrhythmia
E -
- Mnemonic for Causes ... Poisoning S - Stroke, Seizure ... AEIOU #Mnemonic #Causes
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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breathing Pulmonary Causes ... PVFM) Cardiac Causes ... Hematologic Causes ... acidosis of any cause ... Post-Ictal/Grand mal seizure